Lakeland Central School District
Technology Benchmarks for Students
Fifth Grade
Student Technology Standards

I: The student is an information navigator.

A. Information Acquisition: Use online and electronic resources to communicate, collaborate, and retrieve information

Projects:
Should I Stay or Should I Go? (Westward Expansion Webquest)
Take the Web De-TECH-Tor Test

1. Use the Internet and other electronic resources for research and digital media retrieval

D

  • Students will access the Internet and use teacher-reviewed bookmarks and/or links.
  • Students will enter a URL into the browser location to access a Web site.
  • Students will make bookmarks in a browser.
  • Students will copy and/or print digital media (graphics, text, movies, sounds, etc.) from electronic and/or online sources.
  • Students will use search engines to locate information on the World Wide Web.

2. Use electronics to communicate and collaborate with others. For example, communicate with outside groups, classes, and experts via e-mail, the Internet and/or video conferencing

D

  • Students will use telecommunications to work with other individuals to complete a task (with assistance).
  • Consistent with the Lakeland Central School District policy of acceptable use of electronic systems, students will use appropriate language and behavior when communicating with others.

II: The student is a critical thinker and analyzer using technology.

Project:
Take the Web De-TECH-Tor Test

A. Source verification: Research and evaluate the accuracy, relevance, appropriateness, comprehensiveness, and bias of electronic information sources concerning real-world problems

1. Evaluate and critique the quality and credibility of electronic information

I

  • Students will recognize and distinguish between educational, business and personal Web address endings (edu, org, com, gov, etc.).
  • Students will discuss origins, authors and purposes of Web sites.
  • Students will evaluate Web sites for validity and quality of content.

III: The student is a builder of knowledge using technology, media and telecommunications.

Projects:
Should I Stay or Should I Go? (Westward Expansion Webquest)
Take the Web De-TECH-Tor Test

A. Input and Output Devices: Use input and output devices to successfully use modern technologies

1. Use a variety of input and output devices such as keyboards, scanners, cameras microphones, printers, projectors, CD-ROMs

D

  • Students will turn on the computer.
  • Students will use the mouse.
  • Students will shut down the computer.
  • Students will continue to develop keyboarding skills.
  • Students will print.
  • Students will use peripheral devices such as digital cameras and scanners.

B. Productivity Tools: Use a variety of technology resources and applications to facilitate learning throughout the curriculum and support personal, academic and professional productivity

1. Use word processing applications

D

  • Students will insert information into a template.
  • Students will type text into a word processing document.
  • Students will format text styles, colors, fonts, and size.
  • Students will spell-check a document.
  • Students will use left, center and right justification modes.
  • Students will insert graphics into a word processed document.
  • Students will copy, cut and paste text and graphics.
  • Students will use tabs and bullets.
  • Students will change page orientation and margins.

2. Use spreadsheet applications

I

  • Students will enter and manipulate data in spreadsheets.
  • Students will produce graphs based on spreadsheet data.

4. Use draw and paint applications

D

  • Students will utilize basic paint, text, and graphic tools.
  • Students will select, crop, move and resize images.

5. Integrate two or more applications

D

  • Students will multitask (toggle between two or more applications).
  • Students will copy and paste text, graphics, and/or other media resources from one application to another.

IV: The student is an effective communicator through a variety of appropriate technologies/media.

Projects:
Should I Stay or Should I Go? (Westward Expansion Webquest)
Take the Web De-TECH-Tor Test

A. Publishing: Design, develop, publish, and present multimedia and online products using technology resources that demonstrate and communicate curriculum concepts to audiences inside and outside the classroom

1. Create multimedia and/or online projects

D

  • Students will create one or more curriculum-related multimedia projects. Projects may include animation, sound, text and graphics.

2. Present multimedia and online projects to audiences inside and outside the classroom

D

  • Students will present one or more curriculum-related multimedia projects to an audience.

3. Print, post, publish and/or distribute technology products

D

  • Students will show or explain completed work.
    • Examples of published pieces might be a slide show with voice, printed document/drawing for class book or bulletin board, and/or posted work on the Internet.

V: The student is a discriminating selector of appropriate technology for specific purposes.

A. Tool Selection and Use: Determine when technology is useful and select the appropriate tool(s) and technology resources to address a variety of tasks and problems

1. Make appropriate technology resource choices according to learning purposes and outcomes

I

  • Students will discuss class assignments and appropriate software choices based on learning outcomes.

VI: The student is a technician.

A. Terminology and Usage: Understand and communicate, using accurate terminology, common uses of technology in daily life and the advantages and disadvantages those uses provide

1. Demonstrate an understanding of terminology related to technology

D

  • Students will know the basic parts of the computer by name.
  • Students will know basic network terms (server, NetWare login terms, etc.).
  • Students will recognize the computer interface (desktop icons, etc.).
  • Students will understand editing and word processing terminology (cut, copy, paste, tab, graphic, etc.)
  • Students will recognize basic file name extensions (.ppt, .doc, .gif, .jpg, etc.).

B. Basic Operations and Networking: Understand and effectively utilize a networked computer system

1. Access, print, save and retrieve resources using the network

D

  • Students will open and save files and applications to and from the server.
  • Students will login to a networked server.
  • Students will create folders for saving and organizing work in their user/home folder.

C. Troubleshooting: Apply strategies for identifying and solving routine hardware and software problems

1. Employ basic technology troubleshooting and maintenance techniques

D

  • Students will recognize the 3 stages of quitting an application.
  • Students will refill printer paper.

VII: The student is a responsible citizen, worker, learner, community member and family member in a technological age.

A. Ethics: Advocate and apply positive social and ethical behaviors when using technology and identify the consequences of misuse

1. Understand and apply the basic workings of the copyright law and appropriate usage of materials, including citing resources

D

  • Students will discuss copyright issues of electronic media.
  • Students will understand the meaning of plagiarism and copyright infringement and understand its consequences.
  • Students will identify and cite Internet and electronic references in a bibliography.

2. Demonstrate appropriate behavior for technology use and show respect for technology equipment

D

  • Students will demonstrate appropriate behavior for technology use.
  • Students will show respect when using all technology equipment.
  • Students will understand consequences for misuse of technology.

3. Apply and advocate the Lakeland Central School District Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)

D

  • Students will understand and apply guidelines for using computers in Lakeland Central School District.
  • Students will understand and describe the need for protection against software and hardware vandalism.

B. Adapting to Changes in Technology: Demonstrate knowledge of, and make informed choices among, technology systems, resources, and services

1. Understand the relationship that technology has to career opportunities, history, and to today's society and world

D

  • Students will explore the role technology plays inside and outside of school.


Lakeland Central School District Technology Benchmarks